fix(sync): fill auto fields with nil

bump go-kong to 0.59.0

use go-kong utils to fill auto fields with nil in the config sent to
the CP.
The rest of the default values are still not filled in the configuration
that is sent out, as they are meant to be filled by the CP itself.

pkg/diff/diff.go

@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ func (sc *Syncer) Solve(ctx context.Context, parallelism int, dry bool, isJSONOu
 		// Below the configuration in `e` may be modified. This is done solely for
 		// the purpose of displaying a correct diff and should not affect the
 		// configuration that is sent to Kong.
-		originalE := e
+		eventForKong := e
 
 		// If the event is for a plugin, inject defaults in the plugin's config
 		// that will be used for the diff. This is needed to avoid highlighting
@@ -620,12 +620,19 @@ func (sc *Syncer) Solve(ctx context.Context, parallelism int, dry bool, isJSONOu
 					return nil, err
 				}
 
-				var oldPlugin *kong.Plugin
-				if kongStatePlugin, ok := e.OldObj.(*state.Plugin); ok {
-					oldPlugin = &kongStatePlugin.Plugin
-				}
+				// fill defaults and auto fields for the configuration that will be used for the diff
 				newPlugin := &pluginCopy.Plugin
-				if err := kong.FillPluginsDefaultsAutoFields(newPlugin, schema, oldPlugin); err != nil {
+				if err := kong.FillPluginsDefaults(newPlugin, schema); err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed processing auto fields: %w", err)
+				}
+
+				// only fill auto fields for the configuration sent to Kong
+				// this is done because we want to avoid Kong to auto generate fields, which
+				// would make decK's configuration no longer fully "declarative"
+				if err := kong.FillPluginsDefaultsWithOpts(&plugin.Plugin, schema, kong.FillRecordOptions{
+					FillDefaults: false,
+					FillAuto:     true,
+				}); err != nil {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed processing auto fields: %w", err)
 				}
 			}
@@ -712,7 +719,7 @@ func (sc *Syncer) Solve(ctx context.Context, parallelism int, dry bool, isJSONOu
 		if !dry {
 			// sync mode
 			// fire the request to Kong
-			result, err = sc.processor.Do(ctx, originalE.Kind, originalE.Op, originalE)
+			result, err = sc.processor.Do(ctx, eventForKong.Kind, eventForKong.Op, eventForKong)
 			// TODO https://github.com/Kong/go-database-reconciler/issues/22 this does not print, but is switched on
 			// sc.enableEntityActions because the existing behavior returns a result from the anon Run function.
 			// Refactoring should use only the channel and simplify the return, probably to just an error (all the other

pkg/types/plugin.go

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (d *pluginDiffer) createUpdatePlugin(plugin *state.Plugin) (*crud.Event, er
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed getting schema: %w", err)
 	}
 	pluginWithDefaults := &state.Plugin{Plugin: *plugin.DeepCopy()}
-	err = kong.FillPluginsDefaultsAutoFields(&pluginWithDefaults.Plugin, schema, &currentPlugin.Plugin)
+	err = kong.FillPluginsDefaults(&pluginWithDefaults.Plugin, schema)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed processing auto fields: %w", err)
 	}

tests/integration/sync_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -5660,29 +5659,11 @@ func Test_Sync_PluginAutoFields(t *testing.T) {
 
 			KongClient: c,
 		})
-		stats, errs, changes := syncer.Solve(ctx, 1, false, true)
-		require.Empty(t, errs, "Should have no errors in syncing")
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		require.Equal(t, int32(1), stats.CreateOps.Count(), "Should create 1 entity")
-		require.Len(t, changes.Creating, 1, "Should have 1 creating record in changes")
+		_, errs, _ := syncer.Solve(ctx, 1, false, true)
 
-		t.Run("should not override auto values with nils", func(t *testing.T) {
-			newState, err := fetchCurrentState(ctx, client, deckDump.Config{})
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			plugins, err := newState.Plugins.GetAll()
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.Len(t, plugins, 1)
-			plugin := plugins[0]
-			require.Equal(t, "oauth2", *plugin.Name)
-			provisionKey, ok := plugin.Config["provision_key"]
-			require.True(t, ok)
-
-			provisionKeyStr, ok := provisionKey.(string)
-			require.True(t, ok, "provision_key is not a string")
-			pattern := `^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$`
-			re := regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
-			require.True(t, re.MatchString(provisionKeyStr), "provision_key does not match the pattern")
-		})
+		require.NotNil(t, errs)
+		require.Len(t, errs, 1)
+		require.Contains(t, errs[0].Error(), "provision_key: required field missing",
+			"Should error out due to missing provision_key")
 	})
 }